Redmi Smart Watch 2 Lite by Xiaomi - 1.55’’ Touch Screen, 5ATM Water Resistant, 10 Days Battery, GPS, 100+ Sports Mode, Steps, Sleep, Heart Rate Monitor, Fitness Activity Tracker [Official UK]

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Interestingly, the last-gen model has 120+ watch faces compared to 100+ watch faces on the current-gen product. Unlike some budget smartwatches, the Watch 2 Lite does work with iOS and Android devices and our experience was spent largely with the latter.

The original Redmi Watch only supports 7 sports modes. But its successor Redmi Watch 2 arrives with a whopping 117 sports modes. We've been putting the Redmi Watch 2 Lite through its paces to see if this is a cheap smartwatch worth considering. Here's our full verdict. You can't act on them, but we'd definitely say notifications are nicely optimised to the screen and are handled much better than other budget smartwatches. Customized watch face functions: Some watch faces support customized display content, so that you can choose to display your favorite or most frequently used functions on the watch

While heart rate and SpO2 measurement are standard nowadays even in even cheaper smartwatches, integrated GPS and more than 100 sports modes are quite eye-catching. There are also some practical features like music and camera control as well as breathing exercises, which are also not uncommon on other smartwatches. is the maximum number of possible combinations, based on 100+ personalized watch faces that can be combined with three different colored watch cases and five different Despite being slightly smaller than the original, the Remi Watch 2 flaunts a larger 1.6-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 320 x 360 pixels. The Redmi Watch from last year sports a comparatively tinier 1.4-inch TFT LCD panel with a resolution of 320 x 320 pixels. While sleeping heart rate impressed, heart rate monitoring during the day seemed a bit more unreliable, tagging us in general with a resting heart rate 10bpm over our usual. You''re also getting stress data, which is powered by heart rate variability measurements, which suggested there weren't very many stressful parts of our day, but doesn't offer any really useful insights around why it's monitoring your stress. Both screens support touch inputs and they use a gesture navigation system. Unfortunately, we only have the official PPI count for the Redmi Watch, which happens to be 323.

There's just a solitary physical button the side of the case to turn wake up and turn off the touchscreen display, but it's not a crisp AMOLED one you'll find on premium smartwatches. It's a 1.5-inch, 320x360 TFT display, which is actually bigger and offers a higher resolution compared to the Xiaomi Watch Lite. The duo comes with an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, a compass, and an optical heart rate sensor. Additionally, the Redmi Watch 2 also has a gyroscope and an SpO2 sensor. It's a neat and tidy smartwatch in appearance. Crucially doesn't feel cheap, the screen is reasonably good quality, and it is one you should be able to wear 24/7 indoors and outdoors no problem.

The Redmi Watch 2 Lite is primarily operated via the touchscreen. On the home screen, you can swipe horizontally through various widgets that provide information about the heart rate, blood oxygen level, weather, and activities, as well as directly start a workout. A swipe down brings up notifications, and a swipe up brings up the control center with night mode, flashlight, and more. They are 5ATM water-resistant and have a single physical button on the right side. Further, the front is fully occupied by the screen, whereas the rear houses a pogo pin for charging and a window for the biometric sensor. So is it worth spending more on the latest Redmi Watch 2 or should you save some penny by settling down for the Redmi Watch? We try to answer this question in our detailed comparison of these two wearables’ specifications Redmi Watch 2 vs Redmi Watch: Detailed Specs Comparison

This product and its features are not designed to be a medical device, and are not intended to predict, diagnose, prevent, or cure any disease.

Conclusion of the Redmi Watch 2 Lite review: Solid and improved smartwatch with selective weaknesses

When you're tapping and swiping on that screen, responsiveness is fine, but there is some lagginess when scrolling through screens and your notification feed. It's not the worst we've seen at this price, but it's certainly not a buttery smooth experience. Sensors: Optical heart rate sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, electronic compassGPS / GLONASS / Galileo / BeiDou Most importantly, the wearable has a considerably better battery life with 12 days of endurance. On top of these, it is not only smaller but also lighter in weight. The single button on the right side is used to call the menu. Pressing the button for three seconds opens the system menu for turning off and restarting. By default, the menu presents itself in many small icons without textual explanation. Three icons are displayed in a row, which provides for sufficiently large touch surfaces. The menu is scrolled through via a vertical swipe.

Without the strap, the Redmi Watch and Redmi Watch 2 measure 41 x 35 x 10.9mm and 39.1 x 34.4 x 9.98mm in dimensions respectively. In other words, the newer model is a bit smaller in form factor. After the first Redmi smartwatch was released in this country as the Xiaomi Mi Watch Lite the successor is now available in Europe directly under the Redmi brand name. The Redmi Watch 2 Lite resembles its predecessor almost like two peas in a pod. It does offer some improvements, though not as many as the Redmi Watch 2, which is once again reserved for Asia. On the watch, you can swipe down from the main watch screen to view new notifications and you can clearly see where notifications have come from.

Case and features: Smartwatch with TPU wristband in three colors

ATM water resistance: Redmi Watch 2 Lite has a water resistance rating of 5ATM (50 meters in depth). The rating is based on standard GB/T 30106-2013 and has been tested by the China National Horological Quality Supervision and Testing Center. It can be worn in the swimming pool, while swimming near the shore, or during other shallow-water activities. However, It cannot be used in hot showers, sauna, or diving. Furthermore, avoid the watch being directly impacted by swift currents during water sports. The water-resistant level is not permanent and may decline over time. During our usual cycling test with the smartwatch, we noticed large deviations in comparison to a Polar H10 chest strap as a reference device during high dynamics, i.e. strongly fluctuating pulse values (interval training). Whereas the strap outputs readings of 122 (average) and 156 (maximum) for the activity, the smartwatch outputs 75 and 112. These are differences that are absolutely unacceptable to this extent and actually make the smartwatch unusable. And that's not all: Even for the resting pulse, the Redmi Watch 2 Lite initially showed significantly too high values compared to the reference in the first of our two testers Note : This comparison is based on the original Chinese variant of the Redmi Watch and the newly released Redmi Watch 2. The international Redmi Watch (aka Mi Watch Lite ) is a bit different from the Redmi Watch sold in mainland China. So how well does the Watch 2 Lite perform? Well, we'd say actually not that bad overall, but if you want supreme accuracy on all fronts, unsurprisingly, you're not going to get that here. Typical mode battery life data was measured as follows: The watch was set to default factory settings. Sleep monitoring, 30-minute interval heart rate monitoring and non-stop step